Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...

- Election posters showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and CDU top candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz in ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Germany is in dire need of a strong and stable government, but voters there may have a long wait until one is formed.

Germans are going to the polls on Sunday for national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be a new chancellor ...

Germany heads to the polls on February 23. Immigration and the economy topped the agenda during the campaign. The ...

At the heart of the election is the economy, which has been experiencing a downturn. The ruling coalition, comprising the ...

Germany's mainstream political parties lost support while the far-right AfD gained ground in one of the last polls published ...

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...